Tennis Channel

What starts with love and ends with a match? You can find out these things and more on the Tennis Channel, a 24-hour channel devoted to coverage of professional tennis, as well as other tennis-related travel, lifestyle, health and fitness, and other programming. In addition, it has telecast rights to all four Grand Slam (including early matches) and several other tournaments. Founded in 2003, the channel boasts 25 million subscribers and is carried in the US by Dish Network, DIRECTV, as well as Time Warner, Comcast, and other carriers. Tennis Channel's investors include a half-a-dozen private equity firms, the United States Tennis Association, and tennis champs Andre Agassi and Pete Sampras.